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Matt Grice vs.
Ricardo Lamas

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-5-0 Matt Grice · UFC
11-6-0 Ricardo Lamas · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-5-0
UFC record
11-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
45
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
44.2
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
161.4
Layoff (months)Δ 90.2 mo
71.2
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Matt Grice carries real power — 0.73 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Matt Grice owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Ricardo Lamas is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Matt Grice

Full career not yet synced for Matt Grice — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Ricardo Lamas

Full career not yet synced for Ricardo Lamas — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 7-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2524.09/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
6003.43/min · norm 3.54
1662.69/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
5503.14/min · norm 3.47
53.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
49.5%norm 45.0%
56.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.7%norm 54.85%
30.73/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Matt Grice

Distance 36.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 21.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 42.2% (norm 8.0%)

Ricardo Lamas

Distance 78.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Matt Grice

Head 83.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 7.9%)

Ricardo Lamas

Head 66.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Grice L/AAccLightweight med Lamas L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 68 / 173 39.3% 37.9% 392 / 951 41.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 59 / 100 59.0% 67.3% 110 / 123 89.4% 70.8%
On the ground 125 / 199 62.8% 69.1% 98 / 137 71.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 394 49.7% 35.0% 295 / 807 36.6% 37.2%
To the body 33 / 44 75.0% 69.1% 125 / 155 80.6% 68.2%
To the legs 23 / 34 67.6% 81.9% 180 / 249 72.3% 80.7%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Grice L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Lamas L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 67 / 231 29.0% 38.9% 406 / 1077 37.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 49 / 80 61.2% 68.6% 95 / 135 70.4% 70.3%
On the ground 50 / 67 74.6% 68.0% 49 / 59 83.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 120 / 307 39.1% 35.1% 357 / 994 35.9% 35.9%
To the body 23 / 40 57.5% 68.1% 120 / 180 66.7% 67.9%
To the legs 23 / 31 74.2% 81.5% 73 / 97 75.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

937.5% acc · 2.19/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2130.9% acc · 1.80/15 · norm 1.19
1482.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1341.9% def · norm 61.5%
30:3949.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
40:0522.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
10:552:39 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
38:043:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.49/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
100.86/15 · norm 0.46

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Lamas has more cage time on record.

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